Identify the italicized word.

Speeding down the slopes can also be dangerous.

gerund

participle

Assume that the italicized word in the sentence " Speeding down the slopes can also be dangerous" is 'Speeding.' Then the answer is "Gerund." A gerund is a noun. A noun in form of a verb that ends in - ing. Gerunds are used as the subject, the object of a sentence and sometimes as a complement of a sentence.